For a growing group of Americans, life has never been the same since testing positive for coronavirus. Long after the first wave of infection, patients report a host of debilitating and persistent symptoms — from extreme fatigue, heart problems and shortness of breath to brain fog, depression and ev
The death toll and the state’s inadequate and lagging response to the health needs of farmworkers throughout the pandemic reflect a public health failure, farmworker advocates say.
Vaccinating the masses is underway in California, but Kern County continues to lag behind almost all other counties in its vaccination rates, as it has since the start of the vaccine rollout more than two months ago.
As coronavirus challenges mounted last year, officials scrambled to move resources around where needs were greatest.
Havenwood Academy faced no sanctions for the incident, despite multiple investigations.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is the latest organization to call out the Baker Act’s use on children. The organization's Bacardi Jackson discusses the findings.
Sorenson’s Ranch School must retrain its staff and abide by state rules or close.
Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday signed a bill that will put more regulations in place at youth residential treatment centers.
How the poet laureate’s rise illuminates a lasting heritage of Black women’s activism — and why journalists should tell their stories
This story is part of a larger project series, "Voices from the Vineyard," led by Sarah Klearman, a 2020 Impact Fellow. She is reporting on how the twin crises of the pandemic and the wildfires have impacted the health of the valley’s farmworkers and their families....
